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The Lord Tastes Nectar
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TEXT 13
শূদ্র-বৈষ্ণবের ঘরে যায় ভেট লঞ্জা। এইমত তাঁর উচ্ছিষ্ট খায় লুকাঞ্জা ॥ ১৩ ॥
śūdra-vaiṣṇavera ghare yāya bheṭa lañā ei-mata tāṅra ucchiṣṭa khāya lukāñā
SYNONYMS
śūdra-vaiṣṇavera—of Vaiṣṇavas born in śūdra families; ghare—at the homes; yāya—goes; bheṭa lañā—taking gifts; ei-mata—in this way; tāṅra—their; ucchiṣṭa—remnants of food; khāya—eats; lukāñā—hiding.
TRANSLATION
He would also take gifts to the homes of Vaiṣṇavas born in śūdra families. Then he would hide and eat the remnants of food they threw away in this manner.
TEXT 14
ভূঁইমালি-জাতি, ‘বৈষ্ণব’—‘ঝড়ু’ তাঁর নাম। আত্মফল লঞ্জা তেঁহো গেলা তাঁর স্থান ॥ ১৪ ॥
bhūṅimāli-jāti, ‘vaiṣṇava’—‘jhaḍu’ tāṅra nāma āmra-phala lañā teṅho gelā tāṅra sthāna
SYNONYMS
bhūṅimāli-jāti—belonging to the bhūṅimāli caste; vaiṣṇava—a great devotee; jhaḍu—Jhaḍu; tāṅra—his; nāma—name; āmra-phala—mango fruits; lañā—taking; teṅho—he; gelā—went; tāṅra sthāna—to his place.
TRANSLATION
There was a great Vaiṣṇava named Jhaḍu Ṭhākura, who belonged to the bhūṅimāli caste. Kālidāsa went to his home, taking mangoes with him.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura remarks that both Kālidāsa and Jhaḍu Ṭhākura are worshiped at a place called Śrīpāṭabāṭī, in the village known as Bhedo or Bhaduyā. This village is situated about three miles south of the village of Kṛṣṇapura, the birthplace of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, which is about one mile west of the Byāṇḍel junction of the Burdwan line. A post office there is named